Covid: a return of the mandatory mask? The Ministry of Health prefers to call for “vigilance”

In the face of the 8th wave of Covid and the resurgence of cases, will the mask become mandatory again in high-density areas such as transport? On Tuesday morning, on RMC, Brigitte Autran, chairman of the Committee for Monitoring and Anticipation of Health Risks (Covars), recalled that “recommended to wear masks very frequently”. The immunologist added that the committee is “studying” the possibility of making it mandatory under certain conditions.

“Today Covars is studying this point, with different models. All European countries, the United States, North America, are also studying this point. Today no one has reintroduced the obligation of the mask, but everyone is studying it”argued the scientist RMC.